Only My Way

Shortly after.

As the entire statue was completely excavated, Ling Wuyuan stopped his digging work.

Looking around.

The base of the statue looked like an ordinary square platform.

The base plus the statue had a total height of about three meters.

However, before, only thirty to forty centimeters of the entire statue was exposed above the silt at the bottom of the lake, and it was completely wrapped in seaweed.

Now.

After carefully examining the overall shape of the statue, Ling Wuyuan could only say that this thing looked very ordinary.

Ordinary in the literal sense.

At least, he couldn't appreciate the artistic beauty of this thing.

Then.

As he stretched out his hand and rhythmically toggled and pulled some hidden movable buckles at the edge of the statue's base, soon, with the activation of the internal mechanism, a secret door hidden inside the base automatically popped open, revealing a black metal box to Ling Wuyuan.

The box was not large, shaped like a rectangular parallelepiped, about twenty-five centimeters long, fifteen centimeters wide, and ten centimeters high.

Many gorgeous patterns could be seen on its surface.

Even if one didn't know what these patterns meant, one could instinctively perceive that this thing was extremely precious.

With a fiery gaze, he stretched out his hands, picked it up, and shook it a few times. Ling Wuyuan could clearly judge that the actual weight of this thing was at least fifty kilograms. You know, under normal circumstances, for a metal box of this size, even if it was solid, it would only weigh dozens of kilograms at most.

Then.

Without hesitating, after casually kicking the automatically opened secret door of the statue base shut again, he kicked the statue, and dozens of tons of force directly knocked the entire statue down on the spot. Then, the silt at the bottom of the lake, which was wantonly floating up when the statue fell, naturally completely buried the fallen metal statue, leaving no trace on the surface...

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A few minutes later.

In the room.

Ling Wuyuan, still wet all over, slowly placed the metal box on the table.

In his observation.

There were no locks, keyholes, or external buckles on the surface of the entire metal box.

And it was completely seamless, as if it were a seamless whole.

It was really difficult to open.

And.

This kind of thing obviously couldn't be opened by force.

That would undoubtedly easily destroy the contents inside.

However, although there were no clues to open the box, after recalling the information on the treasure map and comparing it with the box, Ling Wuyuan quickly realized the problem.

'The surface patterns on the box are different.'

Realizing this.

Ling Wuyuan immediately stretched out his palm and pressed it tightly against the surface of the box, then pushed it back and forth with force.

Soon.

He felt that a part of the metal pattern on the surface of the box was actually in a state of being able to move freely.

As he continued to push the surface movable plates on the box, hundreds of surface movable plates were able to combine into many different complex patterns on the surface of the box.

At this moment.

Ling Wuyuan understood what he needed to do.

'Is it necessary to completely restore the metal pattern on the surface of the box to its original appearance...'

For others, this might be difficult to do.

But for Ling Wuyuan, who had the treasure map, and the treasure map depicted the relevant patterns, things were undoubtedly of a simple difficulty.

After comparing the existing patterns on the box with the patterns depicted on the treasure map, his mind immediately began to automatically analyze the most reasonable restoration plan based on the differences between the patterns...

Soon.

The complete steps to restore the metal pattern as quickly as possible appeared in Ling Wuyuan's mind.

And as the surface movable plates of the metal box were constantly moved.

Subtle clicking sounds were also constantly ringing.

Ling Wuyuan understood that this situation meant that the mechanism inside the box was constantly running.

At this moment.

He more or less had the feeling that he was playing with a Rubik's Cube.

Finally, with the last click, the metal pattern on the surface of the box was completely restored.

At this moment.

It was as if some long-sealed machinery was slowly starting up again.

Ling Wuyuan clearly heard the sound of the gears inside the box automatically running.

Then there was a hissing sound similar to high-pressure gas being rapidly discharged.

Finally.

In front of him, the metal box finally opened automatically.

The thing hidden inside for who knows how long was also revealed!

It was a ring placed in the very center.

A metal ring with a dark red color and a surface engraved with a large number of fierce beasts and birds of prey.

Besides that.

There was nothing else in the entire box.

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As something that had been soaked in the lake for who knows how many years.

There wasn't even a trace of water in it.

'...'

Picking up the ring and examining it repeatedly for a long time, Ling Wuyuan fell into silence.

'What next?'

'What is this ring?'

'Could it be some important token, and there's a second-stage mission?'

At this time, he realized a new problem.

That was, although he had always known that the treasure in the treasure map was very important, he didn't know what this thing represented.

So, at this moment, he looked at the ring in his hand and fell into silence.

He didn't know what to do next.

What exactly did this ring represent?

He couldn't just sell this thing, could he?

What was the meaning of this thing?

How much was it worth?

After trying it on his finger.

He found that this thing was a bit big, and he would have to wait at least a year or two before he could wear it.

At this moment, how should I put it...

Ling Wuyuan was like encountering a hidden mission when playing a game. After a long and smelly mission process, he finally obtained a mission item with an unknown meaning, a mission item that looked very impressive but had no information remarks.

[Although I don't know what this thing is for, this thing's appearance is very solemn, and it should have some kind of mysterious function.]

'Damn it...'

'What should I do next?'

'Even if there is a second-stage mission, you have to give some mission hints, right?'

Not to mention any instructions, after carefully and meticulously touching the inside of the box, confirming that there wasn't even a single hair inside, Ling Wuyuan felt a little egg-ache from the bottom of his heart.

He felt that he was stuck now.

He didn't understand what the specific use of holding this ring was.

So, after repeated attempts but still failing, only concluding that this ring was very, very strong, he decided to try the blood recognition operation that he often saw in various novels in his previous life.

Then.

He got the correct answer to the question.

'Ah?'

'No way?'

'It actually works?'

'What kind of style is this world?'

'Is it Xianxia or Xuanhuan?'

'It should be Xuanhuan, right?'

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